A Bloomfield man faces charges after police said he placed his girlfriend in a headlock during a dispute.

Melody Burrimelody@messengerpostmedia.com

A Bloomfield man faces charges after police said he placed his girlfriend in a headlock during a dispute.

Ontario County Sheriff’s deputies said on July 1 at about 1:56 a.m. Terry Scott Mathews, 24, of 6747 Rice Road in Bloomfield, was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing and endangering the welfare of a child after he was allegedly involved in an altercation with his girlfriend. Police said Mathews allegedly placed the victim in a headlock during the altercation.

He was transported to the Ontario County Jail and will appear in East Bloomfield Town Court to answer the charges.